different between inhabit vs remain

English

Alternative forms

• enhabit (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French enhabiter, from Latin inhabitare (in + habitare).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?hæb?t/
• Hyphenation: in?hab?it
• Rhymes: -æb?t

Verb

inhabit (third-person singular simple present inhabits, present participle inhabiting, simple past and past participle inhabited)

1. (transitive) To live or reside in.
   • 1813, Thomas Moore, The Last Rose of Summer

     O, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?

2. (transitive) To be present in; to occupy.

Synonyms

• (to live or reside in some place): bedwell; See also Thesaurus:reside
• (to be present in some place): occupy

Derived terms

• inhabitable

Related terms

• inhabitant

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English remainen, from Old French remain-, stressed stem of remanoir, from Latin remane?, mane?, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay”).

Displaced native Middle English beliven, bliven (“to remain”) (from Old English bel?fan (“to remain, stay”)) due to confluence with related Middle English beleven (“to leave behind”), with which it merged. More at beleave and belive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???me?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n
• Hyphenation: re?main

Noun

remain (plural remains)

1. (chiefly in the plural) That which is left; relic; remainder.
2. (in the plural) That which is left of a human being after the life is gone; relics; a dead body.
3. Posthumous works or productions, especially literary works.
4. (obsolete) State of remaining; stay.

Translations

Verb

remain (third-person singular simple present remains, present participle remaining, simple past and past participle remained)

1. To stay behind while others withdraw; to be left after others have been removed or destroyed
2. (mathematics) To be left after a number or quantity has been subtracted or cut off; to be left as not included or comprised.

3. To continue unchanged in place, form, or condition, or undiminished in quantity; to abide; to stay; to endure; to last.
   • , Book I

     That […] remains to be proved.
4. To await; to be left to.
5. (copulative) To continue in a state of being.

Synonyms

• (to stay behind while others withdraw): linger, stay, tarry; See also Thesaurus:stay behind
• (to be left over after a portion is removed): rest, stay; See also Thesaurus:remain
• (to continue unchanged): endure, last, stay; See also Thesaurus:persist
• (to await; to be left to): await, bide, wait; See also Thesaurus:wait for
• (to continue in a state of being): stay
• belave

Derived terms

• remain to be seen

Translations

Anagrams

• Amrine, Armine, Mainer, Marine, Marnie, Merina, Minear, Reiman, Rieman, airmen, mainer, marine